gift
Are you a risky shopper?
I spent the weekend in Los Angeles helping Megan Auman show her wares to buyers from California and beyond. This was not a retail craft show (think Crafty Bastards or Art Start Craft Bazaar or Renegade). This was a massive national gift show bringing in vendors and and purchasing representatives from all over the world. [...]
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Tara Gentile is a business coach and blogger serving passion-driven entrepreneurs with fresh ideas about productivity, passion, and profit. She’s the author of the digital guide, The Art of Earning.
How to Buy Handmade on a Budget: 5 Tips for Keeping Costs Down
It sure is easy to say “Buy Handmade.” We want to find unique gifts, support artists, and make a difference with our money but finding room in the budget to do so is another matter entirely. Handmade goods generally cost more. Why? They tend to be made from higher quality materials, made by people like [...]
About the Author
Tara Gentile is a business coach and blogger serving passion-driven entrepreneurs with fresh ideas about productivity, passion, and profit. She’s the author of the digital guide, The Art of Earning.
How to Give a Gift That’s Win-Win-Win
A guest post by Jenny Alexander of The Painted Lily. The holidays are officially upon us! My radio is ablaze with Christmas carols already and stores have been playing them for weeks now. Everywhere we turn, especially right after Thanksgiving, there are gift choices laid out in front of us like a feast before the [...]
About the Author
Tara Gentile is a business coach and blogger serving passion-driven entrepreneurs with fresh ideas about productivity, passion, and profit. She’s the author of the digital guide, The Art of Earning.
tell someone “i heart you” by buying handmade.
here at scoutie girl, we like great handmade stuff. we like to buy handmade because it’s different, because it sets us apart, because of the quality, the personal connection, the benefit to mother earth. but i believe that there’s an even greater concept behind the “buy handmade” movement. buying handmade is a vote in favor [...]
About the Author
Tara Gentile is a business coach and blogger serving passion-driven entrepreneurs with fresh ideas about productivity, passion, and profit. She’s the author of the digital guide, The Art of Earning.
you’re written on my heart
amanda thinks i’m impossible to buy for because “i know everything that’s for sale on etsy.” now, while that is blatantly untrue, i didn’t help my cause at all for her birthday. because i got her one of these outrageously original & oh-so cool chalkboard necklaces from my mom’s basement. really. how cool are these?
About the Author
Tara Gentile is a business coach and blogger serving passion-driven entrepreneurs with fresh ideas about productivity, passion, and profit. She’s the author of the digital guide, The Art of Earning.
